Speeder Upper
Photograph
Speeder Upper
ca. 1980
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (30.2 × 25.1 cm)
Gift of Jonathan Levine, 2024
2024.0041.0024
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on paper taped to verso and folded to recto BC: SPEEDER UPPER --- Richard White, a lab technician at Lehigh University's Sherman \ Fairchild Laboratory in Bethlehem, Pa., installs a radio frequency ion source to \ analyze impurities in silicon when a sample of that element is "bombarded" by ions \ in this Van de Graaff accelerator. The research data will assure product reliability \ for American manufacturers of transistors and integrated circuits. Ion particles in \ Lehigh's 3-million volt accelerator are speeded up almost to the speed of light in \ the test. The coiled section oand dome are inside the housing in background when the \ unit is operating. \ -0- \ From: John A. DeMilia \ Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc. \ 380 Madison Avenue (212) 986-6100 \ New York, New York 10017 \ For: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY \ Slug: SPEEDER UPPER \ Neg. No.: LEH 1-R3-8 \ 11585
